North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906

AphiaID

411649 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411649)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Cerithiidae J. Fleming, 1822

Original name

Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906

Synonymised names

Bittiidae Cossmann, 1906 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Genus Bittiolum Cossmann, 1906
Genus Bittium Leach, 1847
Genus Cassiella Gofas, 1987
Genus Cerithidium Monterosato, 1884
Genus Dahlakia H. E. J. Biggs, 1971
Genus Varicopeza Gründel, 1976
Genus Clathrofenella Kuroda & T. Habe, 1954 accepted as Cerithidium Monterosato, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Cossmann, M. (1906). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée, Septième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 261 pp., 14 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36852315, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6471866x
page(s): 64, 137 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411649 on 2026-06-21

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=411649 on 2026-06-21

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-08-13 07:23:33Z

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2010-10-31 21:03:08Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-11-01 13:33:31Z

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Gofas, Serge

2017-03-23 04:51:16Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-09-28 05:03:03Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Cossmann, M. (1906). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée, Septième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 261 pp., 14 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36852315, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6471866x
page(s): 64, 137 [details]

basis of record Houbrick, R. S. (1993). Phylogenetic relationships and generic review of the Bittiinae (Prosobranchia: Cerithioidea). <em>Malacologia.</em> 35 (2): 261-313., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13149462 [details]

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